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Virginia congressman pursues master's degree in effort to better understand AI regulations

Don Beyer’s car dealerships were among the first in the U.S. to set up a website. As a representative, the Virginia Democrat leads a bipartisan group focused on promoting fusion energy. He reads books about geometry for fun. So when questions about regulating artificial intelligence emerged, the 73-year-old Beyer took what for him seemed like an obvious step, enrolling at …

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Republicans accuse colleagues of 'crying wolf' as critical bill fails and more top headlines

HOUSE DIVIDED – Furious Republicans accuse colleagues of ‘crying wolf’ as another critical bill fails. Continue reading … TICKING THE BOXES – State Department mandates DEI ideology loyalty test for all employees seeking promotion. Continue reading … STARS AND SWIPES – Dance team told American flag shirts made audience feel ‘triggered and unsafe.’ Continue reading … ‘NO BRAINER’ – Sage …

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Virginia school ignored 'many behavioral problems,' violence of 6-year-old who shot teacher

A 6-year-old old student who shot his first grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia last year exhibited signs of violence prior to the shooting and should not have been enrolled in school, according to a special grand jury report released Wednesday. Behavioral Problems: The child “exhibited many behavioral problems” prior to the Jan. 6, 2023 incident where he …

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Idaho mom, 85, committed 'justifiable homicide' by shooting armed home intruder, prosecutor says

An 85-year-old Idaho mother who shot and killed a home intruder committed a “justifiable homicide” that is “one of the most heroic acts of self-preservation I have heard of,” Bingham County Prosecuting Attorney Ryan Jolley stated in an incident review. The suspect, identified as 39-year-old Derek Condon, entered the home Christine Jenneiahn shares with her disabled son around 2 a.m. …

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Natalee Holloway's killer Joran van der Sloot jumped by 2 inmates in Peru prison beatdown

Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch national who brutally killed Alabama 18-year-old Natalee Holloway during her class trip to Aruba as a high school senior in 2005, has been pummeled in a remote Peruvian prison, where he previously boasted of conjugal visits with multiple women. The 36-year-old murderer is locked up in Peru for the 2010 death of Stephany Flores, …

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Islamic center at Rutgers University broken into, trashed during Eid al-Fitr, authorities say

The Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University in New Jersey was broken into and trashed overnight, days after anti-Israel agitators interrupted a town hall and Jewish students had to be ushered out by police. A video posted online by the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) shows glass shattered on the floor as well as damage to televisions, printers and …

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Republican Sen. Rick Scott softens his abortion position after Florida Supreme Court ruling

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sen. Rick Scott of Florida this week joined the ranks of Republican incumbents scrambling to strike a balance on reproductive rights, saying he opposes a November ballot initiative to strike down his state’s six-week abortion ban but thinks Congress should leave those decisions to the states. Scott, who is seeking reelection this fall, was …

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Florida man reportedly pulled knife on boy riding bike on sidewalk because he felt his life was in danger

A Winter Springs, Florida man was arrested this week after allegedly pulling a knife out and pointing it at a child who was riding a bicycle on the sidewalk, and not in the bike lane, according to police. FOX 35 in Orlando reported that 73-year-old Richard Shafer was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Shafer reportedly …

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Search for missing South Carolina cruise passenger complicated by jungle terrain as family demands US help

A once-hopeful search for a South Carolina man who went missing last week during a cruise excursion in Cozumel, Mexico, is dimming. Edmond Bradley Solomon III’s family, including his daughter and wife, have been using social media and physically scouring the island with several local law enforcement agencies, but promising leads have become dead ends and theories are running dry. …

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Utah squatter takes plea deal in teen farmer's murder; leads detectives to 'skeletal remains'

When Dylan Rounds went missing just shy of two years ago, the 19-year-old farmer from Idaho had just planted the first crop on his own Utah land. Local investigators and the FBI found skeletal remains, presumed to be his, in a remote area of Lucin, Utah, a 200-mile drive from Salt Lake City, the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office announced. …

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